R.I.P. Flip Cam: The Smartphone Did It (Not Cisco)
Over the last three years, I’ve attended all three TEDx conferences on the idyllic campus of my old alma mater,…
Why I Gave Up the Newspaper to Save Newspapering
The following is a guest post from Nicholas White, the CEO of The Daily Dot, a new startup in community…
What Do You Think About iPhones Tracking You?
There is a bizarre competition among tech firms to see who can creep us out the most. First came Google…
Mediatwits #4: Impressive, Creepy Apple; The iPhone Radio Reporter
Neal Augenstein Welcome to the fourth episode of “The Mediatwits,” the new revamped longer form weekly audio podcast from MediaShift.…
How to Design Fast, Interactive Maps Without Flash
Until recently if you wanted to create a fast interactive map to use on your website you had two main…
5 Great Media Literacy Programs and How to Assess Their Impact
Increasingly, Public Media 2.0 projects are moving not only beyond broadcast to social and mobile platforms, but into the realms…
Notifying Next of Kin in the Age of Facebook
When she picked up the phone, I could tell from the sound of her voice that she didn’t know yet.…
Green:Net 2011
Location: San Francisco This GigaOM network event examines how the tools created for the Internet, computing and IT revolutions will…
Tasini Lawsuit Against Huffington Post Has No Merit
Jonathan Tasini’s at it again. Last week, the writer and labor activist declared war on Arianna Huffington, first promising to…
Designing a Newsgame Is an Act of Journalism
A common thread woven through our various projects in the Newsgames research group has been our subscription to the tenets…